Bill Text: NY A01438 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Standardizes child care copayments by instructing local social services districts to not require a family receiving child care assistance to contribute more than 20% of the amount of their income exceeding the poverty level.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to ways and means [A01438 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A01438-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1438 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 12, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JENNE, WALKER, MAYER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to standardizing child care copayments The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 410-x of the social services law, 2 as added by section 52 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 6. Pursuant to department regulations, child care assistance shall be 5 provided on a sliding fee basis based upon the family's ability to pay. 6 The local social services district shall not require a family receiving 7 child care assistance pursuant to this title to contribute more than 8 twenty percent of the amount of their income exceeding the poverty 9 level. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2018. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02438-01-7
